The Count of Monte Cristo: Introduction by Umberto Eco

Dumas's epic novel of justice, retribution, and self-discovery--one of the most enduringly popular adventure tales ever written--in a newly revised translation. Featuring an introduction by Umberto Eco.

This beloved novel tells the story of Edmond Dant?s, wrongfully imprisoned for life in the supposedly impregnable sea fortress, the Ch?teau d'If. After a daring escape, and after unearthing a hidden treasure revealed to him by a fellow prisoner, he devotes the rest of his life to tracking down and punishing the enemies who wronged him.

Though a brilliant storyteller, Dumas was given to repetitions and redundancies; this slightly streamlined version of the original 1846 English translation speeds the narrative flow while retaining most of the rich pictorial descriptions and all the essential details of Dumas's intricately plotted and thrilling masterpiece.

Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Everyman's Library Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.

Author: Alexandre Dumas
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Published: 06/02/2009
Series: Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics
Pages: 1240
Weight: 2.38lbs
Size: 8.32h x 5.28w x 2.15d
ISBN: 9780307271129

About the Author
Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802 in France and died in 1870.

Umberto Eco is the author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum.